She was a five-hundred-ton boat; and besides her thirty-eight jail-birds, she carried twenty-six of a crew, eighteen soldiers, a captain, three mates, a doctor, a chaplain, and four warders.
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Thirty-eight
Synonyms for "thirty-eight" (4 found)
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68 translations across 60 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- agt-en-dertig num (38)
Arabic
1 entries- ثَمَانْيَة وْثَلَاثِين num (38)
Armenian
1 entries- երեսունութ num (38)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- otuz səkkiz num (38)
Basque
2 entries- hogeita hamazortzi num (38)
- hogeita hemezortzi num (38)
Belarusian
1 entries- тры́ццаць во́сем num (38)
Bengali
1 entries- আটতিরিশ num (38)
Catalan
2 entries- trenta-huit num (38)
- trenta-vuit num (38)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏦᎢᏍᎪ ᏧᏁᎳ num (38)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 三十八 num (38)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 三十八 num (38)
Classical Nahuatl
1 entries- cempōhualli oncaxtōlli omēyi num (38)
Danish
2 entries- otteogtredive num (38)
- otteogtredve num (38)
Dhivehi
2 entries- އަށުތިރީސް num (38)
- ތިރީސް އަށެއް num (38)
Dutch
1 entries- achtendertig num (38)
Faroese
1 entries- áttaogtretivu num (38)
Fijian
1 entries- tolusagavulu ka walu num (38)
Finnish
1 entries- kolmekymmentäkahdeksan num (38)
French
1 entries- trente-huit num (38)
Galician
1 entries- trinta e oito num (38)
Georgian
1 entries- ოცდათვრამეტი num (38)
German
1 entries- achtunddreißig num (38)
Greek
1 entries- τριάντα οκτώ num (38)
Gujarati
1 entries- આડત્રીસ num (38)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- trantuit num (38)
Hebrew
1 entries- שלשים־ושמנה num (38)
Hindi
1 entries- अड़तीस num (38)
Hungarian
1 entries- harmincnyolc num (38)
Italian
1 entries- trentotto num (38)
Japanese
1 entries- 三十八 num (38)
Kazakh
1 entries- отыз сегіз num (38)
Korean
2 entries- 삼십팔 num (38)
- 서른여덟 num (38)
Lao
1 entries- ສາມສິບແປດ num (38)
Latin
1 entries- duodequadraginta num (38)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- aachtandrësseg num (38)
Lü
1 entries- ᦉᦱᧄᦉᦲᧇᦶᦔᧆᧈ num (38)
Malay
1 entries- tiga puluh lapan num (38)
Malayalam
2 entries- മുപ്പത്തിയെട്ട് num (38)
- മുപ്പത്തെട്ട് num (38)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡤᡡᠰᡳᠨ ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠨ num (38)
Navajo
1 entries- tádiin dóó baʼąą tseebíí num (38)
Norwegian
1 entries- trettiåtte num (38)
Ojibwe
1 entries- nisimidana-ashi-nishwaaswi num (38)
Pennsylvania German
1 entries- acht un dreissich num (38)
Polish
1 entries- trzydzieści osiem num (38)
Portuguese
1 entries- trinta e oito num (38)
Quechua
1 entries- kimsa chunka pusaqniyuq num (38)
Russian
1 entries- три́дцать во́семь num (38)
Sanskrit
1 entries- अष्टात्रिंशत् num (38)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- trideset i osam num (38)
- тридесет и осам num (38)
Shan
1 entries- သၢမ်သိပ်းပႅတ်ႇ num (38)
Spanish
1 entries- treinta y ocho num (38)
Swahili
1 entries- thelathini na nane num (38)
Swedish
1 entries- trettioåtta num (38)
Thai
1 entries- สามสิบแปด num (38)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- tripela ten et num (38)
Turkish
1 entries- otuz sekiz num (38)
Ukrainian
1 entries- три́дцять ві́сім num (38)
Urdu
1 entries- اڑتیس num (38)
Volapük
2 entries- kildegjöl num (38)
- kilsejöl num (38)
Yup'ik
1 entries- yuinaq akimiaq pingayun num (38)
Sample sentences
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In eighteen ninety-eight, H.G. Wells published a science fiction novel called “The War of the Worlds.” In it, he described creatures from the planet Mars that had technology far beyond anything on Earth. Among their weapons was what Wells called a “heat ray.” Listen to actor Orson Welles describe the weapon in a famous radio broadcast of “The War of the Worlds” from nineteen thirty-eight.
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